Improvement in braid-pins



G. G. COOK.

Braid-Pin.

,Ti'z'tnessss N-PETERS, PNOTO-LITHDGRAPHER, WASNINGTON. n C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES C. COOK, 0R CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSICNCR To S. HARRIS a SoNS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, on SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRAID-PINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,721, dated November 18, 1879; application filed October 7, 1879.

pressed, so that when slot D comes opposite the edge of the slot in the end G of band A it springsout, thereby locking pin B securely in place; and if it is desired to have it locked so as to render it impossible to pull 1t out without first compressing the slotted end of pin B, the edges of slot D are made square, as represented in Fig. 3; but pin D would be retained S in position very securely even without slot D, the spring of the sides a a of the body of the pin F acting as springs against the edges of the slot in the end G of the band A, and the end of pin B may be made in such form as to- To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES 0. 000K, of Clinton, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Braid- Pins; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accom panying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a front view.. Fig. 2 represents a side view; and Fig. 3 represents a side View of the dagger spring holding pin and a section of the band on line A B, Fig. 2.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in de Notch D serves a double purposeviz.,that tail. of locking the pin in position and also as a signal or indicator to the wearer when the pin has been properly inserted in place, since the spring is sutticient to cause the sides to eX-' In the drawings, the part marked A repre sents the band, which I prefer to make from horn, but may be made from any other suitable material-celluloid, for instance. This band A is, in this instance, made in curved form, as represented in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and is provided with two slots in its ends, through which the holding-pin B passes when the device is arranged in position for holding the hair in place or for an ornament to the head.

he removal of the device is very easy, since the wearer has only to compress the sides a a- Holding-pin B, by preference, is made from of end Falittle sufiicient,to d etach notch D the same material as the band A, and is prowhen pin B is readily removed. \ided with a slot, 0, running lengthwise of In making the slots in the ends GG of band the pin, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the A, I prefer to make the slot in the end G a drawings. It is also provided in this instance little wider than the one in the end G, for the with a notch, D, in one edge thereof. purpose of allowrngthe end F of the pin to As the slots in the band A are made just pass through easily and without requiring any large enough to receive the bodyE of the pin, compression of its sides. the latter is retainedinposition and prevented By my invention the braid-pin can be at f from turning and shpping out accidentally, as tached to the hair with the handle H of the is the case with those braid-pins in which the dagger-pin B down as well as up, and that, pin is held in place by being first run into the too, withoutits becomingaccidentallydetached slots and then turned a quarter-way around or lost. Another advantage resultingfrom my for the purpose of bringing its shoulders or invention in the use of braid-pinshavinga flat 1 notches at both ends of the pin over the ends body, F, is that the pin does not have to be of the band A. turned in the hair after it has been passed 1 In my improved braid-pin the end F of the through the ends of the band consequently pin is made Wider than the slot at the end of the hair is not twisted, and the braids disthe band A, where it is to be held in place; placed in applying my device in position upon consequently when the pin is run through the the head. 1 band and its end F passes through the slot 'in Braid-pins having bands similar to band A the end G of band A, its sides a a are comhave been made and sold for a great number of years, and different ways of making the holding-pin passing through the band A for securing it to the hair have been adopted; and one recently patented consists of using a flat-bodied pin with notches at each end, which pin is inserted in slots formed in the ends of the band at right angles to the slots as made in the ends of my band, and then turned a quarter-way around. This form has been found in practice to be objectionable, as hereinbefore explained.

Having described my improved braid-pin, what I claim therein as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-- 1. In a braid-pin, the band A, with the slot ted ends G G, in combination with the slotted notched pin B, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with pin B, of slot 0 and notch D, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

' CHARLES C. COOK.

Witnesses:

EDWIN E. Moons, Tnos. H. DODGE. 

